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Novel, photon counting X-ray detectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2012

R. D. Durst ,
Y. Diawara ,
D. Khazins ,
S. Medved ,
B. Becker  and
T. Thorson
R. D. Durst*
Affiliation:
Bruker AXS, Inc., 5465 East Cheryl Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
Y. Diawara
Affiliation:
Bruker AXS, Inc., 5465 East Cheryl Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
D. Khazins
Affiliation:
Bruker AXS, Inc., 5465 East Cheryl Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
S. Medved
Affiliation:
Bruker AXS, Inc., 5465 East Cheryl Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
B. Becker
Affiliation:
Bruker AXS, Inc., 5465 East Cheryl Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
T. Thorson
Affiliation:
Bruker AXS, Inc., 5465 East Cheryl Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
*
a)Electronic mail: rdurst@bruker-axs.com
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Abstract

A novel sealed gaseous parallel plate avalanche chamber detector is described which is significantly less prone to discharges and can consequently achieve high gas gains at high counting rates. The detector has demonstrated stable gains greater than 104 at counting rates in excess of 107 counts/mm2 s.

Keywords

sealed gaseous detectorX-ray diffractionphoton countingX-ray detector
Type
Two-Dimensional Detectors
Information
Powder Diffraction , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 103 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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